Encyclopedia of Diets - A Guide to Health and Nutrition

upper limits set, the amounts of nutrients in supple- ments are not regulated by the Food and Drug Admin- istration (FDA). There ...

excess potassium in plasma may result from the use of potassium-sparing diuretics (medications used to treat high blood pressure ...

Zinc deficiency, marked by severe growth retarda- tion and arrested sexual development, was first reported in children and adole ...

glucocorticoid receptor. Glucocorticoids are natu- rally–produced steroid hormones, that inhibit the process of inflammation. Th ...

Children (4–8 y): 22mg Children (9–13 y): 34mg Adolescents (14–18): 43mg Adults: 45mg Pregnancy: 50mg Lactation: 50mg Moly ...

element. Molybdenum cofactor deficiency disorder is severe and usually results in premature death in early childhood since all o ...

possible with molybdenum toxicity that may result in gout. High molybdenum levels in people with low cop- per levels may cause c ...

N NaphthoquinonesseeVitamin K Native American diet Origins When Christopher Columbus dropped anchor on the shores of San Salvado ...

dried pumpkin blossoms. Native Americans in Cali- fornia added lemonade berries to water to make a pleasantly sour drink. Sacred ...

Fiple, Kenneth F., and Conee`Ornelas, Krimhil, eds. (2000). The Cambridge World History of Food, Volumes 1 and Cambridge, U.K.: ...

Neanderthin As a young man Ray Audette was stricken first with rheumatoid arthritis and then with diabetes— autoimmune diseases ...

research. Since 1987 Dr. Loren Cordain, professor of exercise physiology at Colorado State University, has used research and sch ...

cabbage carrots celery cucumbers eggplant garlic lettuce mushrooms onions peppers rhubarb spinach turnips watercre ...

Modifications Various paleo diets differ in their specifics. Cor- dain’s diet recommends canola oil but not coconut or palm oils ...

Research and general acceptance Research FOSSIL AND ETHNOGRAPHIC EVIDENCEAlthough there have been no large trials of neanderthin ...

The majority of nutritionists believe that reduced- or low-fat milk and milk products, cereal foods such as wheat, rice, and pas ...

http://www.nutritionaustralia.org/Food_Facts/FAQ/Paleo- lithic_diet.asp>(April 13, 2007). Crayhon, Robert. ‘‘The Paleolithic ...

body 150 calories to digest it, and the net 250 calories taken into the body will be stored as fat. The Negative Calorie diet co ...

Negative Calorie diet should be especially careful if they are pregnant or breastfeeding because the very limited nature of the ...

half ounces of food from the meat and beans group each day. Because negative calorie foods tend to be fruits and vegetables, not ...